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International Calendar - April

1st	Holy Thursday	NORWAY & PHILLIPINES
2nd - 5th	Easter
5th	Arbor Day	REPUBLIC OF KOREA
5th	Ching Ming Festival	TAIWAN
6th	Women's & Children's Day	TAIWAN
6th	Chakri Memorial Day	THAILAND
6th	Ching Ming Festival	HONG KONG
9th - 12th	Orthodox Easter	GREECE
12th	Songkran Festival Day	THAILAND
17th	Muharram	INDONESIA/MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/STH KOREA/THAILAND
21st	Independence Hero Tiradentes	BRAZIL
Anzac Day 25/4/99 - NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIA The word ANZAC is short for Australia and New Zealand Army Corp. In 1915, the ANZAC's, as they were known, first landed in Gallipoli, Turkey. Over the next eight (8) months 400,000 troops would land on the beaches of Gallipoli, half of which were killed or wounded in the fighting. This day not only remembers the fallen from World War I but those fallen in World War II as well.
25th	Liberation Day	ITALY
29th	Greenery Day	JAPAN
30th	Buddha's Birthday	INDONESIA/MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/STH KOREA/THAILAND

Did You Know...

Here' a little bit of Herbal Medicine for you.

NOTE: These are traditional remedies and should not be used without first consulting a specialist.

• Acne: Take 2 oz of Clover flowers, 2 z of Nettle Tops, 2 oz Bonsesett (Comfrey) flowers. Mix the herds together with 4 pints of boiling water. Simmer until 2 pints remain. For best results drink 1 small glass (wineglass) every 3 hours
• Baldness: Rub head with a mixture of onion juice and honey, both morning and evening. (A lovely smelly, sticky mixture hmmm Yum)
• Childbirth: Six months before the birth, drink raspberry tea. Add 1 oz of raspberries to 1 pint of boiling water. This is supposed to enrich the mothers milk and prevent miscarriage. During the pregnancy drink Linseed Tea. Take 1 tablespoon of Linseed and soak in 1 pint of boiling water, add honey to sweeten.

Curious Happenings

In 1850, Madame Tussaud died. During her life she had the unenviable job of making wax impressions of the rich nobility, who were arrested by the French Revolutionaries and killed by the blade of Madame Guillotine. Today, however, Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum makes models of the rich and famous prior to their death. A rather chilling thought that if some of our stars today had been around in 1850 their fame would have been cut short - so to speak. :-)

A little bit of superstition for you

If on 24 April (St. Marks Eve) an unmarried women leaves a flower on the porch of the local church, then returns after midnight to retrieve it, she will see not only a ghostly wedding procession, but also the ghost of her future husband. Spooky.

What Happened...